Abrams/Nolan Westworld Adaptation Gets Series Order at HBO

HBO's TV series adaptation of Westworld, Michael Crichton's 1973 "robot theme park gone wrong" sci-fi thriller, has now been given a series order by the network.

The new series, from EP J.J. Abrams and EP/Writer/Director Jonathan Nolan (Interstellar, CBS' Person of Interest) is a "dark odyssey about the dawn of artificial consciousness and the future of sin." Nolan and Lisa Joy (Burn Notice) wrote the pilot, which Nolan directed.